Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A psychotherapeutic technique in which people are assigned roles to be played spontaneously within a dramatic context devised by a therapist in order to understand the behavior of people with whom they have difficult interactions.
- noun A dramatization in which this technique is employed.
- noun An event, social interaction, or narrative that manifests psychological forces or problems.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
psychotherapy in which a patient acts arole in acontext devised by apsychotherapist . - noun A
drama in this form.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word psychodrama.
Examples
-
One of the reasons I do usually avoid psychodrama is because I can hear a dissenting opinion and not quash it.
Saddam Was A Very, Very Bad Man charity_whore 2004
-
But sooner or later, you have to say, Man, my psychodrama is really taking my toll on my friend here - maybe I should cut him some slack and cry on somebody else's shoulder for awhile!
The Irony In This Scene Is That It Happened Before The Murders zoethe 2004
-
The thing about psychodrama is this: If you have a lot of conflict in your life, usually you want it there.
Gamemastering Is An Art, Part VII: Catching Up wolfieboy 2004
-
Sometimes, letting go of psychodrama is letting go of your need to be right.
Gamemastering Is An Art, Part VII: Catching Up wolfieboy 2004
-
But to walk away from psychodrama is to abandon hope.
Gamemastering Is An Art, Part VII: Catching Up wolfieboy 2004
-
It’s been developed from doubling in psychodrama (see wikipedia) by Bernard Dufeu, and it’s not explained easily.
-
This particular psychodrama is about him feeling like he doesn’t have enough power, which usually means he either thinks I’ve stolen his away, or that I simply have too much and will imminently squash him like the insect he is.
-
I guarantee you the ARM is the biggest villain in this psychodrama, which is so not about Wall Street investment bankers taking a giant soaking and losing 90% of their wealth, leaving them with mere hundreds of millions, like poor Hank Paulson.
Current Comedy: The Pack of Lies We Are Expected to Agree To 2008
-
People sign-on on a loan at one rate and in a couple of years, the rate changes whether they can pay it or not. the ARM is the biggest villain in this psychodrama, which is so not about Wall Street and their billions. '
Current Comedy: The Pack of Lies We Are Expected to Agree To 2008
-
BERNSTEIN: Well, I think what we are seeing is another kind of wild Clintonian ride, another national psychodrama, which is about how much they want this.
inpursuitofsilence commented on the word psychodrama
all i can say is just fucking wow, haha. i was genuinely expecting this to be a pejorative term, not a form of psychotherapy
September 5, 2022